Bharti Airtel adds 1.54 million rural subscribers in October

TRAI has imposed Rs 1 lakh penalty on Bharti Airtel in 2012-13 for violating norms laid by it to check telemarketing calls and SMSes. NEW DELHI: Sunil Mittal-driven Bharti Airtel has added a maximum number of rural subscribers (1.54 million), followed by UK's telecom giant Vodafone's India unit (1.07 million), GSM lobby group COAI in a statement said Monday.